Isaiah 3:14

"The LORD stands up to contend, and stands to judge the peoples."

Key Reflection

Isaiah 3:14 speaks of a judgment day when the Lord will intervene to address the corrupt practices of His people. In this verse, the Lord is depicted as rising up to contend with and judge the nations, highlighting the severity of divine retribution against those who have strayed from righteous living. This imagery underscores the gravity of societal corruption and the inevitability of divine justice, a theme that resonates throughout the broader context of Isaiah’s prophecies.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

With the ancients ... -With the old men, the counselors. Ye have eaten up the vineyard -Hebrew ‘Ye have burnt up’ - that is, you have oonsumed or destroyed it. By the vineyard is represented the Jewish republic or people;Psalms 80:9-13; compare the notes atIsaiah 5:1-7. The princes and rulers had, by their exactions and oppressions, ruined the people, and destroyed the country. The spoil of the poor -The “plunder” of the poor; or that which you have taken from the poor by exactions and oppressions. The word “spoil” commonly means the plunder or booty which is obtained in war.

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